Signal device.



r. P, D'ARCY. SiGNAL DEVlCE. APPLHIATIN FlLED ULY 24.1911.

Patented Nov. 19, ll

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SIGNAL DEVICE. APPucmon mi :uw 24. |911. 1,285,064. Patented Nov. 19, 191s.

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1 FRANK P. nunon 'on itAtivAz'oo, moment SIGAL envien.

tlot'enteid iov. i9, 1918.

Application med Jur-201, 1917. serial'No. 1823480.

T o all Awhom. it 'may concern:

Be it known that I. FnANK P. DAnor, 'a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Kalamazoo, State of Michigan, have invented eert-.linnew and useful Improvements iu Signal Devices, of which the following: isn Specification.

This invention relates to improvements in signal devices.

he main object of the invention is {oprovide a signal device especially adopted for thense of trallie guards or police, which ie Simple in structure, economical to monufiicture and easy to manipulate. i

Further olwjeets. und objects relntingto structural details. will clefinitel;V rippen!- from 'the detailed description to follow.

I accomplish time objects of my invention by the devices :1nd menno described in the following speeitieution. The invention is leaily defined and pointed ontin. the claims.

A. structure which iS a preferred enil'iodinient of my invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification. in which:

Figure I is a side elevation flmy im'- provd signal in an upright position. t

Fig. II is a similar View in inverted 'position. f y

Fig. III is n sectional det'nihtlt'eh 'on a lino oorrespondingtv to line of Fig. I.

Fig. is an enlarged Vs'eetimml fletoil taken one line err'espidin to lin-e 4-l bf Fig. I.

Fig. V is n. sicle elevation of nollier om borliment of my invention in uprigglzi po sition.

Fig. VI is n similar xjiew of the emi-oiliment of Fig. V in inverted punition.

Fig'. VII is a. seetionnl. detail taken on a line corresponding to line 'Tw-7 of Fig. V, portions of the Signal being lorolx'en away.

VIII ,is un enlnrgmi detail Section tf1-ken on a line eorrespoinling to line. 8 of Figs. V and VI.

Figs. IX miti X villootrmo :in exnlwoilinwnt of my invention ne shown in Flins. I ansi il, in which the inilirfin iiiqposeti. entirely upon the signal plate.

Figs. XI unil XII illuetrnte .fm emloodi ment ot my invention in wliieli complete indicia is provided upon the. signal and upon the cover plates.

In the (.lrawingr eimilar reference oberenters refer to .Qimlnr parte, throughout the several views, and the sectional views are taken lookiilgi'n the direction of the little arrows at the endsl of the section lines.`

` Referring to the drawing, i the reference larac'ter l indicates the Signal plate which, in. the preferred en'ibodiment of my invention, is a disk of sheet metal. O11 o diameter of this disk, I. displace the metal of the disk to form inlined alternate oppositelv dien posed'ehannels Q and 3 respectively. hose elmnnols're'eive the pintle eyes 4 and 5 re- .s )eCt-iifely of the Cover plates* 6 und?. The signal 'late l is provided with. a handle 8 wliieh 1s illustrated Vextending.r at right anglesto tlie. direction of the hinge* pintle 9 ,which imssesthrough the intle, eyes 4, and 5. lult it is to be nnclerstoot that thishandle may be attached to the signal plate lin other positions. The ends of the hing-:e pin- :ile 9 are bentforer, as indicated at 10, to prevent it from (linplncement. ,l

'The signal plate l. le provided witlrsignnl indieia on. oppos" sides ofltliepivot line of the eove'r filetes (i sind 7 in inverted relation. 1InFigs. I :intl II `these indicia are illus 'tinted nsleomplrisinfr the top half ofthe w'ord Stop endfo. The cover plates 6 'ony 7 `a`l"e.pio\ided with indicio Complexr'entiufv to the indicia on the adjacent por- 1tionsiof ytheSignal plate, and these indicia. nfs illiisfrtei'. .domprisethe lower half of tli'e nfor Stop and (io.

Vith the nlifoif'e Structure. when the signal is lielfl in nn' tipi-ight position. a. shown in Fig. I. the. cover 'plates drop to tne position Shown therein :intl in Fig. III. and the eempleinentnry indicio vupon the signal plate nnfl cover plete form the Word Stop on each side. of the signal. but. when tne signal is inverted, as shown in Fig. II. the @over plates turn about their pivot. and drop to the top of the signal plates. and the complementary indiia upon the Signal platee. :uid the cover plates form the word Go.

In the, modilied embodiment of mit in ferr tion shown iny Figs. I? to VIII, I provide a nin-nei pint-e ly to .rliieli is secured upon opp Sioen of eneli tt'lge tlaereof. ille channe ,ed slitlenvay members 11 which receive t. 1e edges of the cover platos 12. A linndle 13 .Leeured to one end of the signal plate provides stops 14 for limiting1r the movement of the Cover plates in one direction and opfwnxiteljsT disposed lugs 15. formed at the other end of the `rover plate. provide stops for limiting` the movement of` the core;- plnfte in the opposite direction. The signal plate 1 is provided on both sides at o po site ends thereof with indicia in inverte relation, the said indicia being illustrated as comprising the words Stop and G01 lVhen the signal is held in an upright position, as shown in Fig. V, the cover plates 12 drop to the bottom of the signal plate 1 and uncover the word Stop on both sides of the upper end of the signal plate. When the signal plate is held in inverted posltion, the cover plates drop to the top of the signal plate-and cover the Word btop and exposes the word (o.

In Figs. IX and X I illustrate an adaptation of my invention in which thc indicia is entirely upon the signal plate. In Figs. XI and XII I illustrate an adaptation of my invention in which both the signal and the cover plates are provided with complete indicia. t

My improved signal device is very convenient to use, as it is only necessary for the trafiic guard or policeman to raise the si mal or drop `the same and, as the raising o a signal or hand is commonly understood to indicate a stop, the signal is understood, even from such distance as prevents the reading 0f the indicia, or by persons whose eyesight is such as prevents reading from a distance.

Having thus described my what I claim as new and desire to Letters Patent, is:

1. In a signal device, the combination of a. signal plate provided with a handle and having alined alternately disposed channels therein providing pintle eyes, cover plates provided with pintle e es dis osed in said channels, and a pintle or saidP said signal plate havin upon each side two sets of' indicia dispose in inverted relation invention, secure by on opposite sidesof its said pintle bars, said cover plates having on their opposite sides indicia complementariyy to the indicia on the adjacent portions of t e signal plate.

2. In a signal device, the combination of cover plates,

a signal plate provided with plates pivoted on said signal nal plate havin upon each side two sets of indicia dispose in inverted relation, said cover plates having on their op osite sides indicia complementar to `the in icia on the adjacent portions of t 1e signal-plate.

3. In a signal device, the combination of a signal plate provided with a handle and having alined alternately disposed channels therein roviding pintle eyes, cover plates provide with pintle eyes disposed in said channels, and a pintle for said cover plates, said signal device having. indicia which is alternately covered and uncovered by the shifting of said cover plates, the cover plates being automatically shifted by the changing of said signal devlee from its upright to its inverted position and vice versa.

In a signal device, the combination of a signal plate provided with a handle, pivoted cover plates, said si al device having indicia which is alternate y covered and uncovered by the shifting of said cover plates, the cover plates being automatically shifted by the changing of said signal device from its upright to its inverted position and vice versa.

5. In a signal device, the combination of a signal plate having two sets of indicia on one side thereof in inverted relation, and means for covering one set of indicia and uncovering the other set when the said signal plate is held in one position and for covering the indicia on the opposite end of said plate and uncovering the other set of indicia when thesaid plate is held in an inverted position.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of two witnesses.

a handle, cover plate, said sig- FRANK P. DARCY. [L 5.] 

